Collection of world’s rarest cars found rotting beneath decade of dust up for auction
A COLLECTION of some of the world's rarest cars has hit auction after it was found rotting under a decade of dust following the owner's death.Rudi Klein's catalogue is so bizarre, and so vanishingly rare, that many petrolheads weren't even convinced of its existence.
The mysterious Rudi kept the cars largely hidden from the public eye for decades, housing them all at his compound in California.Race track left to rot after plans to transform into footie ground fell throughFerrari 250 GTO - £52.3 millionFerrari 275 GTB/C Speciale - £21.2 millionHowever, Rudi sadly passed away in 2001 and the immense contents of his yard have gone up for sale after more than 20 years gathering dust.
It is not believed that Rudi used them regularly and most have not seen any maintenance work since his death.Plenty are missing pieces and look to have remained untouched for decades.He said: "Bringing something out of hiding that’s only been rumoured to exist, like the legendary Klein Collection, is truly special."What Klein amassed here is one-of-a-kind, and we know that many of these cars will live on for generations, powering new projects, or preserved in their original state.
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